India Chapter Of ACI

Dear Professional,

Call for Nominations for India Chapter of American Concrete Institute’s Excellence in Concrete Construction Awards - 2021

To celebrate excellence in concrete construction and to connect our chapter to the industry, India Chapter of ACI is organising our annual “Excellence in Concrete Construction Awards” for the year 2021. The last date for submission of project is Monday, 1st March 2021. Any concrete structure, having at least one outstanding feature can be Nominated provided it falls into one of the following categories:

1. Low Rise Structures
2. Mid Rise Structures
3. High Rise Structures
4. Infrastructure
5. Decorative Concrete
6. Repairs / Restoration

This is a Golden Opportunity to get Your Project the Global Recognition it deserves. For Details, Rules and Eligibility, please refer to the enclosed brochure, Entry Form and Rules / Checklist. Visit our website or contact us at [email protected] to know more. Hurry up and submit your entries before the deadline i.e. 1st March, 2021. Wish you all the Best!

Board of Direction
India Chapter of ACI

“INDIA CHAPTER OF ACI SUCCESSFULLY CONCLUDES NATIONAL EXCELLENCE IN CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION AWARDS 2020”

India Chapter of ACI [IC-ACI] successfully conducted and concluded its “2020 Excellence in Concrete Construction Awards”, in March, 2020. Entries were evaluated by an independent panel of industry
professionals comprising of Er. Satish Dhupelia, Ar. Shirish Sukhatme and Er. Jeevan Patgaonkar.

First Place and Runners Up awards were selected in each category, namely High-Rise Structures, Mid Rise Structures, Infrastructure, Decorative Concrete and Repair and Restoration. The event received interesting, technologically challenging and innovative entries, spanning a range of construction and structure types. The winners include:

1. A 351 ft “Statue of Belief” Shiva Statue, built in RCC at Udaipur, India
2. A Mega Residential Complex “Prestige Song of the South”, in Bengaluru, India
3. A Mega IT SEZ Park for Wipro, in Bengaluru, India
4. A High Level Cancer Hospital in Lucknow, India, with a special radiation shielded Basement
5. The main building of a large Atomic Power Plant at Kakrapar, Gujarat, India
6. Ferrocement Villas at Wai Village in Maharashtra, India
7. Innovative Decorative Flooring
8. Repair & Strengthening of Cooling Towers at Adani Thermal Power Plant, Mundra, India

These entries were executed and submitted by some of India’s top Construction companies such as Shapoorji-Pallonji Construction Private Limited, L&T Construction Private Limited, and also by
specialty companies such as Deep Ferrotech, Hicrete Decorative Systems Private Limited, and 3E-SERVICES, Bengaluru. [More details in the two pictures]. The First Place Award winners, were
endorsed to compete at the “Excellence in Concrete Construction Awards” organized by ACI-USA.

To showcase the salient features, technical challenges, and innovations encountered in these projects, IC-ACI recently organized a Special Webinar on Saturday, 16th May 2020, where the project engineers delivered presentations to the attending members of IC-ACI and the construction fraternity in India. An interactive question and answer session at the end of the presentation was a highlight of the event. The webinar was appreciated, well-received, and well attended by nearly 250 participants from all over India, Canada, Mauritius, and Indonesia.
The awards and the webinar event was conducted under the guidance of IC-ACI President, Dr.Raghuvir Salkar, and was spearheaded by IC-ACI Director, Dr. Yogini Deshpande, and IC-ACI Vice President, Er. Sunny Surlaker with the support of the Board of Direction of IC-ACI. In the current condition, considering the pandemic, IC-ACI has forayed into the sphere of conducting successful online events to engage and connect to its members and the construction fraternity in India.

INDIA CHAPTER OF ACI AWARDED ‘EXCELLENT CHAPTER’ STATUS FOR THE YEAR 2019.

India Chapter of American Concrete Institute (ICACI) has been bestowed with the ‘Excellent Chapter’ Citation for the Year 2019 by its parent body, American Concrete Institute (ACI).

This is the highest award given to ACI’s various Chapters depending on overall performance. ICACI has upheld this distinction for over two decades.

“The India Chapter is a very busy Chapter as it conducts an ambitious programme of greater outreach. We are making concentrated efforts to distribute consensus-based standards and technical resources, educational programs and certifications for individuals/ organizations involved in concrete design, construction and materials, who share a commitment to pursuing the best use of concrete.

“In this programme, we are also actively reaching out to students who will be budding concrete professionals in the years to come. Likewise, we are keeping the all-India technical media updated of our activities so that a larger audience can benefit from the latest concrete studies, technologies that we have to share. All professionals, Directors, student bodies associated with the India Chapter have actively participated in this programme. We are grateful for their voluntary service which has yet again catapulted us to the Excellent Chapter status.”

Our heartiest congratulations to all members and Board of Directors of the India Chapter. It has always been our vision and endeavor to organize not just simple concrete conferences for the industry but instead organize must-attend events in the calendars of the global concrete fraternity. The India Chapter has achieved just that with the R. N. Raikar Conference series which is a global brand in itself, regularly receiving the participation of over 50 countries. We have also successfully reached thousands of concrete professionals by adopting digital solutions. All the above and more has made this distinguished feat possible year after year.”
Each year ACI recognizes chapters that have made significant contributions to their local communities and to ACI itself. Chapters are eligible to receive the honour based on points earned on their annual chapter report.

“2019 IC-ACI Essay Competition”

"Essay Competition" was organized in February 2020 for students from Civil Engineering Colleges. The topic of the Essay was “Design and Quality Assurance for Durability of RCC Construction”. The essays have been scrutinized by dignitaries and 3 students are selected as the top 3 winners from the following colleges for this Competition.

1st Ranker :
Mr. Omkar Badgeri of
Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute,Mumbai.

2nd Ranker :
Ms. S. Abhinaya of
Nandha Engineering College (Autonoumous), Perundurai.

3rd Ranker :
Mr. Hemani Gupta of
Shri Bhagubhai Mafatlal Polytechnic, Mumbai.

IC-ACI STUDENTS’ CUBE TESTING COMPETITION-2019

India Chapter of ACI would like to inform you that as per every year, India Chapter launched and successfully conducted the “2019 Concrete Cube Test Competition” for students of Civil Engineering Colleges/Institutes.

Both these Students’ Competitions were organized with the support of Board of Direction of India Chapter of ACI and sustained efforts of active Member of Board of Direction, Mr. Satish C Dhupelia, the Principal Coordinator for Activities of Students’ Chapters of India Chapter of ACI, and also as Principal Convener for both these Students’ Competitions, and also with active support of, and promoted by various Mentors of ALL the “IC-ACI STUDENTS’ CHAPTERS in India “

For these competitions, this year also ICACI has received a very good response from students from various Civil Engineering Colleges all over India.

(A) “2019 Cube Test Competition”:

It was organized from 5th December 2019 to 31st January 2020 under the following 8 Nodal Centers of Student Chapter of ICACI.
1) Shree Bhagubhai Mafatlal Polytechnic, Mumbai
2) Kongu Engineering College, Tamil Nadu
3) C.V.Raman Global University, Odisha
4) PSG Institute of Technology and Applied Research-Tamil Nadu
5) Marwadi Education Foundation’s Group of Institutions-Gujarat
6) Nandha College of Engineering – Tamil Nadu
7) Terna Engineering College, Navi Mumbai
8) Sanjay Ghodawat Group of Institutions - Kolhapur

Out of above 8 Nodal Center, Due to Covid 19 outbreak situation, Students of under Nodal Center at “Marwadi Education Foundation's Group of Institutions, Gujarat, could not test the concrete cubes submitted by participants, as their schedule for actual testing of Cubes, already made by some over 70 registered Teams, just happened to fall, as clashing with the COVID-19 LOCKDOWN.

We feel proud to announce that 3 Students from 7 Nodal Centres were selected as 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Rankers for the Cube Test Competition.

SCHOLARSHIP TO STUDENTS OF IC-ACI STUDENT CHAPTERS:

In order to encourage the good work that IC-ACI student chapters are doing, the Board of Direction of the India chapter has approved to offer Scholarship to 2 student members of each student chapter studying in 2nd year and 3rd year of civil engineering with their best academic performances and active participation in the activities of student Chapters. This is the first time IC-ACI Student Chapters is getting such a scholarship with the approval of the Board of DirectionThe India Chapter of ACI currently sponsors the following 11 active Student Chapters from all over India.

1) PSG Institute of Technology and Applied Research
a)K.S.MonisMouli b) Deryl James S
2) Nandha Engineering College
a) S. Abinaya b) M. Manikandan
3) Shri Bhagubhai Mafatlal Polytechnic
a) Vishal Suresh Nikam b) Mishank B. Jain
4) KPR Institute of Technology
a) R.Gayathri b) S.Shaniya
5) C V Raman Global University
a) Abhijeet Gunjan b) Sudhanshu Kumar
6) SRM Institute of Science and Technology
a) BhavanasiAravind b) Nilesh Kumar
7) Vardhaman College of Engineering
a) Nadella Chiradeep b) SairaFathima
8) Sanjay Ghodawat College of Engineering
a) Dinde Rishikesh Dilip b) GulechhaKhushal
9) G H Raisoni College of Engineering
a) Hritvik Rathod b) Divya Burade
10) Kongu College of Engineering
a) Rethanya. Y b) RanjaniVenkata Subramanian
11) Terna College of Engineering
a) Nikita Manish Singala
b) Parth Ajay Rana
c) Prathamesh Suryakant Balip

Out of 13 Student Chapters, 11 Student Chapters have proposed the names of students for this scholarship.